ENID — Funeral service for Aristides "Bud" Knopf, 89, will be 10:30 a.m. today, June 21, 2011, at Bethel Baptist Church, Cherokee, with the Rev. Ed Jones and the Rev. Fran Bruce officiating. Burial will follow in Keith Cemetery under the direction of Goodwin Funeral Home, Cherokee.
Bud was born Nov. 9, 1921, in Southey, Saskatchewan Canada, the son of Albert and Kate Schumann Knopf and passed away Friday, June 17, 2011, at Share Hospital, Alva.
Bud lived in several cities in Texas, Ohio and Kansas before moving to Oklahoma, as his father was a minister and pastor of German Baptist churches. When his father's health failed, he bought a farm in the Burlington area and served the Bethel Baptist Church in Ingersoll.
Bud attended school in Burlington and graduated from high school in 1940.
After graduation, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He served for a short time, then returned to help his father with their farming operation.
He and Ruth Myrick were married Dec. 28, 1950, in Bentonville, Ark. She preceded him in death in 2004. He continued to live on the farm, retiring in 2010.
In addition to farming, he was a carpenter. He and his two sons helped build the fellowship hall at Bethel Baptist Church, where he was a charter member, deacon and trustee.
For relaxation, he enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Surviving are sons, James of rural Burlington and Albert and wife Ellen, also of rural Burlington; two stepgrandchildren, Christy Kerfoot, and John Kerfoot and wife Ashley; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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